Winter Elves

• Tarwë
• Alenessë
• Elsserína
• Hraia

• Astarmo
• Eäronos
• Hostarion
• Asstë

• Calarus
• Estelos
• Hwesta
• Lussëa

Winter and Shadow Elves share the same High Dialect of Lindar. Described as a Lyrical language that evokes mood, atmosphere, and emotion and pleases the ear with its rhythm and cadence. Said to be the reason Bards of these races are often sought after, and their people quite alluring.

Winter Elves are the protectors of the Dawn, while the outside world may see them as callous, cold, and scheming, internally they viewed their actions thru the lense of protecting the elven people thru dark times and are the heralds of light, as the sun returns to Eraneth after a long winter. This grim yet determined outlook persists into the era of the second age after the blight, tho no longer concerned with their elven kin, these Winter Elves have tread thru the deepest depths of winters darkness and are prepared to bring a new age to their people as night begins to recede.

Winter Elves of the first age railed against the oppressive nature of the Summer Elves upon Velthanor. This lead their people to become mistrusting of other elves intentions, as well as outsiders, and to play games of great intrigue and political guile. This world of cloak and dagger trickled thru all aspects of their people, including their internal rivalries. After the blight, Winter Elves have been placed in a challenging predicament. They bear the mark and reputation of nearly 2000 years as ruthless Shadow Elves, but now seek to rebuild their shattered homeland and society. Winter Elves of the Late Second Age are unified in the goal of rebuilding their once great civilization and protecting it by any means necessary. They waste nothing, and utilize every opportunity presented to them.

Winter Elves keep a general cold distance between themselves and those they do not know intimately. Potential guests and new friends are often observed and measured for potential threats, but if none are found, Winter Elves will lavish them with gifts and praise. This can be done with a variety of intents, showing prosperity of ones house in the bleak surroundings of their shattered homes, luring others into a false sense of security, or genuinely building relationships and bonds of loyalty.

Winter Elves seem to never be touched by the chilling cold of winter and tend to wear very revealing clothing at all times. Women favor silks, and barely covering robes, while Men tend to wear tight fitting garments, vests leaving their chests exposed, or often times no shirt, despite their cool climate.

Winter Elf Cities in their prime favored a gothic style architecture with an elven flair, bending dark woods into buttressing supports for soaring jagged spires. After the blight, winter elves make do with what they can salvage, rebuild, and regrow in the blighted lands surrounding the great sundering. Art tended towards powerful images of dominance within society, the elven form in the nude is prevalent often bordering on the erotic.

High Winter is the holiest day of the year for Winter Elves. Days leading upto the Longest Night, Winter Elves will prepare great feasts, acquire presents and gifts for friends, family, and rivals alike. The Longest Night will be marked with a full day long celebration, candles and great fires will be lit thru out the night as joy and merriment are shared among the Winter Elves, and all will wait for the coming dawn, marking their good fortune and the times ahead where light returns to Eraneth.

Winter Elves gravitate towards a flawless sense of beauty, like a field of fresh untouched snow. Female figures are preferred to be curvy and well endowed while male figures are preferred to be tall and athletic.

Winter Elves tend to be matriarchal, while not a definitive requirement of the society, most heads of households and prominent leaders tend to be female. Males generally take on more dangerous tasks in the society, especially after the blight and the Winter Elf population is at a dangerous low.

Females in Winter Elven society are generally the primary drivers of courtship and relationships. Male members of society will display their skills and talents whenever possible to catch the eye of a fair lady, however it is the women that initiate the courtship once their interest has been peaked. Winter Elves practice Polyandry among the upper echelons of their society, a strong family Matron having several husbands of various talents.